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Voices

You claim to be against education yet your platforms are built upon the very grounds of what you fight. Was it an uneducated man who invented the weapons you use to harm us? Is it uneducated individuals who create and run the social media you use to broadcast your cause? Are these weapons and social media forms of nonwestern education?
The answers to these questions show the non sequitur in your campaign, and highlight the confusion that besets your inner workings.
You take and kill. You steal our children. You burn homes and tear families apart. You corrupt the innocence of children and use them for acts of terrorism. You claim to be against western education yet destroying Nigerian homes, villages and places of worship. It is sad how the horrible cycle created by you radicals could continue. As you harm the innocent, inflict damage on children, tear families apart and destroy villages, you lay the seeds of pain, anger, vengeance and spite in the hearts of the people. These seeds if left to grow would sprout tomorrow’s members, terrorists, militants, and radicals.
I recently visited some of the places you attacked. I visited my village and other neighboring villages in Adamawa state to see the extent of damage you incurred. It was not a pretty sight. I saw how the survivors there lived. I saw how their houses were burnt. I could see pain in the eyes of the people; the children. I wondered why we weren’t fighting back. We were all sitting at the sidelines and pointing fingers. Ask any one about the challenges Nigeria is facing today and you hear many answers. Ask the same set of people what the solutions are and although the voices are quieter, you still hear some answers. Finally, ask these groups of people what steps they are making to solve these problems, and they go silent. What is my point? We, have the attitude of analyzing and complaining about our problems while doing very little to fix them. Our problems are man-made and can be fixed by men and women.
The challenges we face are self-inflicted and so can be remedied by us. You don’t have to be in a position to be in power and you don’t have to be in power to be a change agent. If we help children; if we help these IDPs; if we sponsor the education of the masses, we reduce the chances of these children becoming tomorrow’s insurgents. Countries, legacies, brands and worlds are not built by money, bricks or stone but by mindsets; mindsets created only through education of the masses. Educating the masses that violence is not the way; educating the masses on various ways to fend for themselves; and most importantly, educating the masses on love and care for one another. Mindsets of love, compassion and fidelity are the things that would take Nigeria forward.
So how can we fight back without destroying our country? How can we fight through this terror and safeguard the future of our country? We can tend to the IDPs and ensure they are not left alone to rot and be overcome with hatred. We can look to the children and ensure they are educated enough to see the lies behind this vicious cycle. A nation that places emphasis on children being the future leaders MUST do more to give these children the right tools to lead the country! As Nigerians we should no longer choose to accept whatever happens, but we should be responsible for our actions and the actions of fellow Nigerians.
In order to progress, I believe we should rely on educating the masses and educating our future; ensuring each child gets a primary and secondary school education, to give them a fighting chance in the world; to give Nigeria a fighting chance. In order to deal with the major challenge facing our Great nation Nigeria, we must come together and take responsibility regardless of our religious, social and ethnic differences. A leader is not just someone in a position but also someone whose personality and attributes are admired and imitated by others. We cannot let the attributes of hate and destruction be assimilated by our leaders of tomorrow. We must fight to safeguard our future. We must make conscious effort to do so. The time for passivity is over Nigeria.